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Bug And Shell(d)

Origins: Ladybug And Carapace

"Yes Master." A small butterfly like creature spoke, head limped down and voice filled with sadness as they addressed their owner before them.

The tall figure, shrouded in the darkness of the room, ran their fingers over the item in their hand before clipping it to their top close by their neck, watching the butterflies around them grow agitated.

"Nooroo, Dark Wings! Rise!" The butterflies swarmed to the man, covering him head to toe, a purple light erupted beneath them. After a moment the insects burst forth from the man, showcasing his new look by stepping forward into the light that came from the butterfly themed window.

"From this day onward, I shall be known as... Hawkmoth." Hawkmoth slammed down his cane as he began to chuckle darkly, sending the close by butterflies into a energetic state.

Soon, soon the man would strike, soon he would have the Ultimate Power.

-

Nestled within a small box, a small green turtle like being was sleeping, breathing without making a sound.

This being, a Kwami, shivered as they slept before suddenly jolting awake as it felt a familiar yet unwelcome aura. Green eyes darted open and without hesitation flew up and through the structure of the item their bed was housed in.

Once in the open space of the room, he was quick to spot the small figure of Master Fu crouched down next to his current patient. Under normal circumstances Wayzz would have waited to speak to his master and long time friend but he knew the matter was urgent.

"Master," he was quick to fly just behind him, catching the man twitch at the sound of his voice. " Master! "

Seeing his patient turning around Fu clasped his palms together before acting like he was undergoing a ritual as the man cast a curious gaze at the small old man. "Master, Master..." Pretending to only just notice the man gaze Fu have him an apologetic look. " Chanting, all part of the treatment. " He continued his previous motion of moving his clasped hands from side to side. "Master, Master."

He let out a deep hum as if preparing to continue before he cast a game curious look to the clock in his room. "Oh my would go look at the time!" Her quickly helped the man raise to his feet, surprising him with the dexterity he possessed that was hidden by his small and old frame.

"Thanks for coming, see you next week." Fu ignored the man's confused protests as he pushed him out the door and closed it behind him. At worst he would lose a customer, at best the man would just think he was slightly senile. Ultimately, it didn't effect him.

Turning to the Kwami he cast a look that urged him to explain himself. They had plenty of rules in place and for Wayzz, off all of them, to break one of the most important ones meant something bad has happened.

"My apologies master but it's the moth miraculous, I felt it's aura."

" The moth miraculous? " Fu rubbed his hand over his chin, eyes hardening as he tried to remember what it looked like. "I thought it had been lost forever." Slowly he stepped closer to the middle of the room, trying to gather his thoughts.

The moth miraculous was one of the two missing miraculous, they had been missing for nearly two hundred years now, for one to suddenly be active? It was suspicious.

Wayzz seemed to pick up his thoughts as he floated to get around to look him in the eye.

"Master, it's a negative aura, I fear it may have gotten into the hands of a dark power."

A negative aura? That meant that whoever had it no doubt had cruel intentions in regards to using it. That could not be good at all. With the miraculous close enough that Wayzz could feel it's power meant it was probably somewhere in Paris, specifics were lost to the two of them.

"We must find Nooroo and his miraculous, if it has gotten into the wrong hands, there's no telling what evil will come upon this world."

He would have to fight this evil, he would not allow one of the Miraculous to be misused like this. He was responsible for this mess, he would have to clean it up.

Raising his right hand he grabbed his right fore arm with his left hand, it being settled underneath the Turtle themed bracelet he wore. "Time to transform!" His arms moved on their own, going through the motions once more, as he lifted his leg he began to speak. " Wayz-" his back cracked, pain flared up in him as he fell to his knees, bracing himself against the mat in the middle of the room.

Wayzz floated down, settling himself closer to Fu's eye level. "Please master, be reasonable. You are-"

"Still young." Fu interrupted, knowing exactly what his friend was going to tell him. "I'm only one hundred and eighty six." The two exchanged looks before Fu sighed, slowly raising back to his feet as the pain subsided. "You are right Wayzz, I cannot do this alone."

Slowly the elderly man moved towards the old gramophone, his thumbs clicked on the eyes of the ornate Dragon carvings, they glowed red as a small panel opened up revealing small buttons. "We'll need some help." He clicked the buttons in the correct sequence then watched as parts of the gramophone moved until the top opened up and a black and red box covered with Chinese symbols appeared.

Slowly he reached out and opened it, his eyes drawn to the seven different slots that were available. The ladybug earrings sat on the left of the center slots while the ring of the black Cat sat on the right.

Creation and destruction. Yin and yang. Each a side of a single coin.

If Fu did not receive the small amount of training that he did, he would not hesitate to release the power of the Ladybug and Black cat miraculous'.

They were powerful, more powerful then all the other miraculous, especially when together. But he knew better then that, he could not risk them to a powerful foe... At least, not both.

The ladybug was required to be active to combat the butterfly, with its ability to purify corruption. However, it was a bad idea to use the Ladybug without the black cat, as it could cause an imbalance in the delicate forces of good and bad luck.

It would not take much to fix this problem, he would wield the ring, he just needed to figure out which other miraculous would be best for a partner to Tikki's future chosen.

He looked to his wrist, where the Turtle Miraculous had been for years. "Wayzz." The Kwami of protection Looked at him. "How do you feel about a new holder?"

Wayzz's eyes opened wide, surprise evident in his face as he let Master Fu's words settle into his mind.

"What?"

-

The blaring of the alarm disturbed the body that rested under the sheets, they shuffled as the insistent ringing continued. With a groan a tan hand slowly inched out from the sheets, tapping against the desk next to the bed until it came in contact with the phone that was making the noise.

The body sat up, the Moroccan boy blinking at the light as his sheet fell off of him. He yawned as he stretched, clicking the alarm off as he did so. He plucked his glasses off of the desk, put them over his eyes and then pushed them up the bridge of his nose.

Running his tongue over the roof of his mouth he cringed at how dry it was. First things first he needed a drink. Throwing his covers to the side he stood up, bare feet trudging along the carpet as he made for his door.

He'd make the bed later. No he wouldn't.

He trudged into the kitchen, easily noting the silence. Normally Chris would be watching TV or talking to their mother, the silence only told him that his mother had left early this morning and took him with her.

He was a little curious as to how he slept through the fuss that Chris had to have made that morning but he quickly attributed that to him staying up till two in the morning working on his music and not sleeping like he should have been.

It was a good thing he and Chris no longer shared a room. That would have caused problems.

Pulling a glass out from the cupboard he filled it with water from the tap before tipping it back to have a drink. He downed half the cup before he felt the need to breath kick in, feeling better he was quick to make himself a bowl of cereal before he sat at the island table and ate in silence.

one thing about having a noisy sibling is, once their gone, it's far too quiet.

As much as Nino would have liked to not go to school, Like many fourteen year olds, he knew his mother would give his rear a firm kick if he didn't.

He didn't dislike school, far from it. He loved his teacher, Miss bustier made the lessons nice and understandable, what he hated about school was Chloé.

The mayor's daughter was a right horrible person, dragging the class down to put herself up and Miss Bustier couldn't do anything about it, not without Chloé threatening to call her 'busy daddy the mayor' to have her fired.

Worse of all Chloé had taken to tormenting one of his friends, Marinette, for the past few years. It was small jabs and petty insults with some minor threats but Nino knew it was enough to send his friend into a small pit of self-confidence issues.

Nino's cheeks grew warm as he remembered about his half Asian friend... Ok friend was a little too... Vague.

The biracial girl had wormed her way into his heart over the past few years. How could he not form a crush on one of the most caring and giving girls he had ever met. Scratch that, THE most caring and giving girl he had met.

He doubted there was anyone who could match up to her. At least to her generosity and kindness, just imagining one of her smiles was enough to make his heart speed up a few beats, remembering how they always brightened any room she was in.

Shaking off his thoughts he was quick to deposit his bowl and spoon into the sink, he'd clean those later. Probably

Within the confines of his room Nino quickly dressed himself. Outfitted in his light blue jeans and a darker blue short sleeve T-shirt he shuffled slightly, feeling a little... Exposed. He didn't understand why until he stole a glance in the mirror in his room. Seeing his short brown hair instead of his red cap reminded him why.

Picking his hat up from his desk he fastened it on his head, he began to feel better already, spotting his headphones next to where his hat had been he placed those around his neck, feeling a little more secure with himself.

Knowing he had a fair amount of time to reach the school, he only lived a fair twenty minute walk away, he picked up his phone and pocketed it before swiping his bag off of his desk. being sure to pick up the letter that had his name on it too.

In some twisted sense of fate that would not come to his mind many months later, Nino left his lunch on the kitchen counter.

-

Outside his home Nino placed his headphones over his ears and thumbed through his playlist, he was not really one for the noise that was made by commuters. Finding a calm song he put it on, lowering the volume so he could keep alert to anything around him.

His mother was always grilling him over wearing them while out and about but he had learned to be ever aware of his surroundings.

He set off for school, fingers tapping against his thigh to the rhythm of his music, his eyes scanned over each person he saw, noticing who was stepping where.

He forgot about his troubles with Chloé, his crush on Marinette was flung to the back of his mind as he was lost to the music that sounded in his ears. Any troubles that could have run through his head were lost to the music.

His eyes glanced to the side of him, just to make sure he wasn't about to collide with anyone. He spotted an elderly gentlman, dressed in a Hawaiian Shirt, slowly walking along with the assistance from His cane. A lot of assistance, actually.

Nino was about to move over more, to give the man some more space to not obstruct or trip him when suddenly, the man's cane fell into A semi deep hole in the sidewalk, embedding a good inch or two into the ground. The sudden shift of balance sent the man toppling forwards, just slightly out of Nino's way.

Or he would have, had Nino not shot forwards, arms outstretched and knees bending downwards to catch the man long before he hit the floor. Even if the fall was minuscule, Nino was certain that a man of his age would have been more harmed then anyone else.

His slender frame hardly moved as the man collided with him before he braced him up and guided him to stand on his own two feet again. He quickly whipped his earphones off, not noticing them collide to the floor behind him, the casing breaking, so he could hear what the man was saying.

"Thank you young man." Nino gave him a gentle smile, keeping one hand on the elders arm as he used his other hand to pry the cane free from its concrete trap.

"Its no problem du- I-I mean sir. " He flushed slightly in embarrassment, he'd always had a problem being formal, when it mattered the most anyway. He kept trying to remove the cane so he didn't need to look at the man's face. "If not me, then someone else would have helped," he chuckled slightly, remembering that this encounter was familiar. "You should thank my friend actually, she's pretty clumsy, so I'm used to suddenly leaping to catch her."

" Perhaps you are right, someone would have helped me. " The old man watched as Nino managed to pry the cane out of the ground. "But today, it was you and I cannot be more greatful. These old bones aren't what they used to be." He chuckled, letting Nino know that he was joking... Mostly.

Slowly Nino guided the man's hands to the top of his cane, bearing his weight until he was propping himself up on his own.

"Well, glad I could help du- I mean sir." Nino took a step backwards and promptly cringed at the sound of snapping plastic. Looking down at his foot he saw the crushed remains of his headphones, oh, he would need to replace those.

"Oh, I am so sorry young man." Nino simply waved his hand in a dismissing manner, cutting off the elder man before he knelt down and picked up the remains.

"No, no. It's my fault, I should have been more careful." Nino shrugged as he placed the broken electronic in his bag, he'd throw it away later. "I guess I've been meaning to get new ones anyway, just never had a real reason."

He stood up before rolling his shoulders. "You going to be alright?" He gestured to his cane. "Don't need me to walk you somewhere?"

" Oh, no. I couldn't take up more of your time. I'll be fine, you should go and thank you again young man. "

"Take care."

Fu watched as Nino walked down the street, seeing that the sidewalk had cleared substantially he quickly abandoned his weak old man routine. Placing his cane over his shoulder as he walked with a straight back. His hand fiddled with the ornate wooden box that had been in his pocket.

"Thank you indeed." Fu was quick to make his way to his next destination, he still had to test out the candidates for the ladybug miraculous yet.

-

As Nino walked into class he was quick to note that the room was barely filled out, he could see Max, Mylene, Kim and rose. Max and Kim were sharing a desk, Mylene was in front of them while rose was behind them.

The tall jock looked over to him and his face broke out in a smile. "Hey Nino! Look! I'm in your class this year!"

" I'm surprised, I thought you would have been held back, given your low grades. "

Kim's face contorted into a frown, hurt plastered on his face for a moment before a wide grin settled in its place. "You say that now, but we both know that you'd be lost without me."

" Like that time we got lost looking for that 'magic ice cream store'? "

"Low blow dude." The two of them fist bumped each other as Nino ascended the stairs, no hard feelings passed between them. Kim turned in his seat to look at the back of Nino's head. "Just remember that we were nine when that happened. Can't hold that against me forever."

" I'm trying. " The two boys chuckled at that, this was going to be a interesting year with the two of them together in class, it would be even better if Marinette could also be in this class too.

It was no secret that Nino, Kim and Marinette were good friends and had been for years. Their mothers had all met around when they were four years old and the trio just clicked together. They didn't get to spend as much time together as they liked but neither of them took that poorly.

Lowering himself into a seat at the back desk on the side furthest away from the window, the same seat he was in last year, his hands automatically reached for his headphones before he remembered what had happened to them. He was a little bummed out by that but he didn't put too much thought into it, he wasn't going to feel guilty over helping someone.

Time ticked on by as miss Bustier organized her desk, she looked up to see the currently present students before pursing her lips slightly. The bell rang, the door burst open and a frazzled looking Marinette almost tripped over her feet to come to a stop.

Nino had to stop himself from chuckling, that was such a Marinette style entrance. Kim, however, did not even try to silence his amusement. This earning him one of Marinette's oh so cute pouts that made Nino's heart flutter.

Did he ever mention how bad he had it? Cause he had it bad for the biracial girl.

"Nino," he looked up to miss Bustier. "Why don't you have a seat in the front row this year?"

He let out a quiet noise of annoyance as he picked his bag up and moved down the steps to sit himself at the desk in front of the desk Marinette was going to sit herself at. Nino was certain that his teacher was doing this so he couldn't be stuck daydreaming when he looked at Marinette, it has happened a lot last year after all.

"Here Nino," his eyes cast to the side to see Marinette offering him a macaroon.

"Thanks dudette." He picked one up and nibbled it, the taste being very pleasant. He didn't notice Marinette going to the others to offer them the treats until he heard kims exited yell. The other students were all starting to come in now, Marinette offered them the treats too, some declined while others were eager to take Her up on the offer.

As Marinette took her seat a hand slammed down on the desk, how Chloé had gotten past him he'd never know.

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng." She even had her snooty voice going already.

"Ugh, here we go again." Nino sympathized for her, it wasn't easy dealing with Chloé. Ever.

"Class hasn't even started Chloé, couldn't you wait any longer?" Nino found himself speaking, catching the attention of Marinette, Chloé and Sabrina.

"Mind your own business Lahiffe."

So he did, dealing with Chloé wasn't worth the headache that came with it so he was content to ignore her. He didn't snap out of until the new girl, had she introduced herself?, Began to drag Marinette to the other front desk where she had been sitting.

For the second time today he found himself reacting, reaching for and grabbing Marinette, one hand on her arm the other grabbing her waist to prevent her from falling down the last step.

"Thanks Nino. "

"No problem." He sat back down, close by the door.

Class passed by in a blur of talking and note taking, had Nino still been at the back he would have seen Chloé get sadder as time passed, would have seen her check her phone and pout.

-

Outside the school a blond haired boy had been running to school, he would have made it before his drivers car too, had he not bumped into an old man. Being a gentleman he stopped to help him back onto his feet and hand him his cane and double checked to be sure he was alright.

The boy turned to get into school, seeing both his bodyguard and his father's assistant standing at the steps with emotionless expressions before gesturing to the car. He slumped in defeat before following them.

"Perhaps if I was willing to part with the ring." The old man mused to himself, his own fingers stroking against the silver ring on his right hand. "He might be a good match, We may never know. "

-

The bell rang and The students Began to pack up, in the back of the class Kim held out a bit of paper towards Ivan shaking it to get his attention.

"Those of you who have P.E. Mr.D'Argencourt is waiting for you at the stadium." Normally Nino would have went too, but he had strained his ankle almost a week ago and was under doctors orders to rest, with today being the last day. He had already handed in his doctors note to principle Damocles and explained that he would use the time to run back home to collect his lunch.

He couldn't believe he left that at home. Nino was halfway out the door when heard Ivan shouting at Kim, he decided to not get involved. He'd ask Kim what that was about later.

When he stepped out onto the street he picked up his pace so he could be quick, if he was fast enough he would have time to meet up with Marinette in the library.

The ground shook and Nino fell to his knees. "KIM! " looking behind him Nino could see...

A giant rock golem. "KIM!" It , No Ivan shouted. That was Ivan's voice.

He didn't stick around to watch, he wasn't crazy, his brain kicked into overdrive and he ran, he ignored the pounding of his feet, the panic of everyone else and the few times he bummed into something, he wasn't sure where he was until he burst into his home. Everything being exactly as he had left it and no-one was home.

Nino was quick to switch the TV on, going to the news channel where a Live stream of Ivan's rampage was being shown. As he placed the remote down his hand brushed against something and he looked down at it. A small red and black box that most definitely had NOT been there this morning, he knew cause that's were his letter had been.

"Huh, what's this?" He was entirely unaware that he had mirrored someone else as they too did the same thing.

He picked it up as he inspected it, seeing what could be Chinese markings over it. He wasn't proficient with Chinese but he knew the very basic's, somehow he had though it was a good idea to learn Chinese to impress Marinette, only for the girl to not know a single word of it.

Curiosity peaked he placed his fingers on the lid before slowly opening it, he didn't get a glance at its contents before a bright green light light erupted from the box.

By instinct he covered his eyes and dropped the box onto the desk again, he rubbed his eyes to sooth the pain before blinking his eyes open, wondering what had happened.

His eyes landed on the small green creature that was floating just before him. It had dark green eyes that had yellow sclerae, a small antenna, a short tail and a slightly darker green shell on its back.

It seemed to float there, expectantly yet Nino could detect a hint of... sadness? From the being.

"Uhh... hello?" Nino wasn't sure what he was doing as he gave the little... Thing, a wave.

"Greetings Nino Lahiffe, I am Wayzz, Kwami of Protection." And suddenly he had even more questions. Questions like: how did you get here? What's a Kwami? How do you know my name?

"Is this where I can make a wish?" Instead that is what came out of His mouth and he instantly wanted to just sew his mouth shut.

It seemed though, that the Kwami was not offended by the question as a small smile was on their lips for a moment. "I'm afraid I don't grant wishes but I can grant you superpowers."

" Super...powers? " Nino blinked at the Kwami, Wayzz. "Like a superhero?"

"Precisely, specifically the power to protect people and right now, Paris needs your help to protect it." Wayzz flew slightly to the side , allowing Nino to focus on the TV again, where he could see Ivan still going on his rampage.

"Well.. Wait me? I'm not... I'm not superhero material. I can't stand violence at all, I don't even know how to fix this. " his hand shot towards the TV, really what could he do?

"You won't be alone, you'll have a partner and it's your main job to protect them, above all else. Second is to assist them in defeating the Akuma and thirdly it is to protect the Miraculous at all cost. "

"Mira- What?" Just how much information was being dumped onto him today? Should he be writing this down?

" Miraculous. " the floating turtle was quick to drop down to the box that they had originally come in and pointed to the abandoned bracelet that was still inside. "This is my miraculous, with this, and me, I can make you a Superhero. "

Nino picked up the bracelet, seeing that it's main body was shaped like that of a turtle, it was a pale green colour with five individual black outlined triangles going around it with each of them pointing to the centre. A string was attached to both the head and tail of the jewelry.

"So... I put this on and?" Wayzz seemed to pick up on Nino's reluctance as he floated fowards before patting his fingers with his own stubble hands.

"I will teach you the activation phrase but first I must teach you the powers you will receive."

" Those empowered with the magic of the Miraculous will gain increased speed, strength and durability. You personally will gain two secret superpowers. "

Nino looked at Wayzz skeptically. "Secret superpowers?"

" Normally I would not permit anyone to have more then one but we are in a desperate situation and every advantage is needed. Firstly is Shell-ter, this will allow you to raise an invulnerable barrier around you but once it is cast your miraculous will be forced into a five minute timer. "

"Once that time is up, you will be forcefully Dr-transformed. The second power is fortify, once activated you will be immovable by outside forces for An extremely short period of time. "

"How short?"

"Fifteen seconds at best, I'm sorry but your not ready to handle anything more then that. I can only do that once per transformation but using it won't force your timer to go off."

" Right, I get it. " Nino slid the bracelet over his right hand, letting the Miraculous rest over his many wrist bands. "Listen little dude, I'll be honest, I don't think I'm cut out for this but I'm going to give it my best ok?" Nino stood, moving to place the box onto his room, just in case his mother or Chris came home.

" Understood, the transformations phrase is 'Shell on'. "

"Shell on?"

That seemed to be all that was needed as his bracelet flashed and Wayzz seemed to dissolve into a light that rushed into the Miraculous. It's colour changed to a dark green with five individual white triangular segments, each with a pale green carving in the centre.

Light flashed over his body by the time it subsided his entire attire had changed.

Looking in the mirror he had a dark green bodysuit with a hoodie, the suit itself was made with tiny hexagonal patterns resembling those on the Miraculous. The hoodie had a silver semicircle on the front, curved red-eye designs on the sides with black and golden details, and two small light green ovals below the bottom of the hood's opening. Over his eyes black goggles with yellow-green lenses had replaced his glasses.

Underneath the suit he had a black collar. On his suit, there were six hexagon-shaped light green circles on his chest, and he has dark gray hexagon-shaped protective pads on his shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees.

He was wearing dark green boots with an indent between his big toe and other toes, dark gray outsoles, and two indents on two sides of each boot. The most surprising thing was the shield that was on his back, it was dark green on one side and light green on the other. The patterns that went across it were very reminiscent of a turtles shell and underbelly.

There was also a tiny replica of the shield on his left hip but he couldn't figure out its purpose immediately.

"Not what I was expecting but, pretty cool." Now to try to chase down and stop a giant rock golem / Ivan before any more damaged could be done.

Who signed him up for this?

-

Across from the school, up in the highest room of the local bakery, Marinette Dupain-Cheng looked at herself in the mirror, seeing that her clothes had been replaced by a bodysuit that was mainly black, from her knees inwards was red with black spots, the red became narrowed around her stomach, only allowing for one black spot before they widened and went up to her shoulders.

From the tips of her fingers to her shoulder the material was completely black, save for the red spots on her shoulders and back of her hands. There were small ridges that connected the material between her shoulder and collar, she had a black belt around her waist that held a ladybug themed... yo-yo?

She had large black boots that stopped just below her knees, the boots had red outlines around the sole and front. There was also a red and black domino mask that covered her eyes that also hid many of her freckles from view.

Turning around she saw more red on her back, the two individual shapes where similar to that of a ladybugs shell, they started from her shoulder blades and went to her lower back, they were only separated by the single black line that went between them, each shape had two black spots while a fifth one sat in the middle of it all, half on one side, half on the other being split by the black space between the two 'shells'.

A second looked revealed that it looked like they could lift up, in fact they were slowly moving up and down by the faintest amount.

"Are... Are those wings?"

-

Old hands close the ornate box, watching it sink into the Gramophone, to be sealed away once more.

"You're certain you made the right choice?" The voice of the Kwami of destruction sounded just behind him, despite Plagg's natural laziness, even he sounded concerned given the situation.

"I only got it wrong once Plagg, it won't happen again and I refuse to put both yours and Tikki's miraculous at risk. "

"Might not be too late to put me out there too, use Trixx to keep yourself safe. "

"I cannot justify putting a third miraculous into circulation, not with two missing, one of which is in the wrong hands."

If everything turned out alright, then Plagg wouldn't complain, not when he got to laze about all day eating and sleeping.

-

"I think I'm getting the hang of this now." Carefully Nino jumped to a close by rooftop, being sure to brace himself as he landed.

He felt... Powerful, like he could take on the world. He wasn't sure if he should be concerned about that or not, maybe it was just the adrenaline talking, he was sure it wasn't normal to jump across the rooftops dressed like a turtle.

He came to a stop at the next gap, noticing a street between the two of them, he wasn't sure if he could make that jump, he didn't seem to be able to, Wayzz hadn't said exactly what he could and couldn't do.

He tensed, prepared and then jumped. He was quick to realised that he had overestimated his abilities as he fell beneath the roof threshold before he even made it halfway across the street. He turned to land on his feet, expecting a painful impact but was met with a soft landing.

"Well, that answers that question. " Thankfully the streets were empty, so no-one saw his major blunder.

The sound of screaming caught his ears and he looked up, seeing a red and black figure falling right towards him. He reached out just as the figure drew close to him, catching them in his arms with no issue. No, a her.

"Well, that's one way to introduce yourself. " Realising he was holding her bridal style he carefully planted her feet on the floor where she proceeded to back up a few steps, giving Nino his first real look at her. "I'm going to assume you're my partner?"

" Uhg, yeah I guess, I'm Ma-... I'm a mess, sorry. " Nino looked closer at her face, seeing an intense look of concentration, did he hear flapping?

"You alright?" That seemed to snap her out of her concentration as she slouched forwards before sighing .

"Yeah I'm fine, just trying to figure these out. " She turned and showed him her back, two red and black sections where lifted up, revealing four translucent wings, two large, two small, that seemed to move like they were alive.

"Don't sweat it, I just fell off the roof trying to jump, so we're both learning new things today."

The sound of rumbling caught their ears and they turned in time to see a far off building collapse down, reminding them that they were out here for a reason.

"Lets go bug, we've got a city to save." Nino didn't bother trying to leap up to the buildings, he knew he couldn't make that if he tried, so he just started running towards the destruction. Behind him his partner hesitated while palming her yo-yo, watching him begin to run towards the danger.

" Trust yourself, trust yourself, trust yourself. " She threw her yo-yo, watching It latch onto a building and promptly screamed again as she was ripped from the ground, her wings flapping wildly as she tried to fly with them.

-

In the Parc des Princes the students of D'Argencourt' P.E class were all winding down, doing light stretches and catching their breath. Some were already moving to the exit as class had finished some minutes prior.

The stadium rumbled, the students looked around confused, none aware of what had been transpiring outside of the stadium since before they had even gotten there.

A large stone hand emerged from over the top, startling several students who pointed it out to those who didn't see it. Some began to make a faster move for the entrance, recognising danger when they saw it.

The large rocky figure of stoneheart emerged from the side of the building, landing on top in a way that showed he had managed to jump up from his original position of hanging off the building.

"KIM!" It bellowed, it's voice making the stadium ground shake. "who's the wuss now? "

It, No Ivan, jumped down from the top of the stadium as all of the students Began to run for the stadiums exit, the ground shaking as Stoneheart hit the ground. Dirt and grass flying everywhere.

-

Outside Nino was running at full speed, dodging past abandoned and crushed cars, rubble from building and he was pretty sure he had barged past Sabrina's father and his entourage of police officers.

It wasn't like he could stay hidden anyway, with the way Ivan was rampaging it had to be out in the open. He could faintly see his partner flitter into his field of view, she would stop on each rooftop just long enough to analyze her surroundings before throwing her tool again to bring herself closer to where he was heading.

If that really was Ivan, then this would have been the result of whatever Kim had done earlier. Which would mean he would be heading straight to the stadium right where Kim was.

He didn't hesitate to jump over the parked police cars, ignoring the undignified shouts of the officers who tried to stop him. He pushed into the entrance of the stadium just as the other students Began to run out, quickly thinking he leapt up and kicked off of the wall, performing a perfect somersault over the students who cried in alarm in seeing him move so fast

He was going to have to ask Wayzz about that, as he had never done that before in his life.

As he drew close he could see Stoneheart running for Kim, hand outstretched as he stomped on the floor. He didn't see the new girl in his class, phone out recording as he pulled his shield off of his back before putting all his power into a spin before throwing the tool towards the giant golem of stone.

"hey! Rocky Road Reject! Catch! " the tool flew, Ivan turned his head towards him just as the Shield smacked him in the face causing him to stagger just enough to allow Kim the chance he needed to run away. The shield began to fly back to him and he caught it as he kept running. He needed to keep Ivan distracted.

Ivan's body glowed before he grew slightly larger. "Didn't anyone teach you to pick on someone your own size?"

" I guess your talking about yourself. " Ivan raised his hands up bringing them down as Nino grew near, the smaller one slid across the floor, going between his legs to avoid the blow.

despite his size, Ivan was surprising nimble, able to turn around and attempt to back hand him with his closed fist. He couldn't see his partner anywhere, during the moment he was looking around Stoneheart managed to knock him down to the ground and back a few feet.

His shield was knocked from his hand just before him, just out of his reach. A shadow passed over him and he turned into his back to see the massive foot of stoneheart above him.

"Say goodnight turtle. "

What was it Wayzz had said? His power? Shell-ter? no, not that one...

his eyes widened and shot his arms up. "Fortify!" His suit glowed a pale green just before the massive foot connected with his hands. It felt like he was holding up paper, despite knowing that Ivan was currently heavy enough to crush cars.

five seconds had passed and Nino was quick to act, he placed one hand on the ground and pushed himself up, pushing stoneheart back with him. As The last few seconds ticked by Nino pushed Ivan back, Hard, Causing Stonehearts body to fall back flat on the grass, he picked up his shield ready to finish the fight.

As he turned back to face stoneheart he was hit with the full force of his foot and was promptly sent flying backwards, skipping across the grass until he came to a stop back on the concrete floor of the entrance.

As he sat up with a groan he caught sight of the phone that was now pointed directly at him, catching him at his worst.

"Woah, you're still going?" He didn't have time to digest that question as he saw a large object made of metal and string coming right at them.

He shot up, grabbed her by the shoulder and pushed her behind him, pulling his shield up and over his head he braced himself. "Shell-ter!"

A large green bubble of pure condensed magic formed around them, just a moment later the goal post hit it and bounced off and up into the chairs above, where it settled. He was going to lower his shield before a lump of crushed dirt hit against it.

Ivan was slowly walking forwards while scooping up dirt with his free hand, throwing it at them and forcing Nino to keep his shield up to protect the new girl.

"Where are you Partner!?" He shouted, seemingly startling his new classmate. " I could use a little help! "

Another lump of dirt hit the Shield and he heard an insistent beeping coming from his wrist, the Miraculous.

"Come on super red bug! the world is watching you!" Nino looked to were she was looking and could see the figure of his partner up on top of the stadium, she looked nervous.

He didn't blame her. "Come on Bug! You can do it, don't think! Just do!"

Much to his surprise he watched as she straightened up, then promptly leapt of the top. Her body curved, as if she was being aided in her fall. No, not fall, she was flying.

She spun her tool next to her, creating a large red ring that travelled with her, as she dived through stonehearts legs she flipped around to have her back to the dirt, her Yo-Yo flung towards Ivan's legs and wrapped around them multiple times.

Completing her land with a backflip she yanked on the wire of her tool, causing Stoneheart to collapse on the ground as her yo-yo came back to her.

Dropping his shield he ran forward to stand just in front of her, if it was his job to protect her. Then he was going to do exactly that. "Thanks, not sure how Long i would have lasted."

"Sorry I took so long." He nodded to her, trying to convey that there were no hard feelings.

" Alright, you got any ideas? cause I don't and I'm running out of time. " as if to prove his point his miraculous beeped again, the symbols dropped to three individual slots.

" My kwami told me I have to break the object where the whatchama-call-it... er, the akuma is hiding. "

"Not to be rude dude but he's made entirely out of stone."

She looked at him, noticing his closed fist. "there! His right hand is closed, he doesn't open it. He's like one of those Russian dolls, the object isn't on him, it's inside him. "

"Right now how are we going to get him to open it?"

Marinette hummed, eyes glancing back and forth. She gasped as she Remembered. "Lucky Charm!"

The other two watched as a swarm of tiny ladybugs swirled up and formed together to create a... wetsuit?

Marinette didn't pay attention to the stumped looks of the other two as she looked around. Stoneheart hand, the wetsuit, Alya, the tap and the hose. Puzzle pieces that all somehow went together to solve her problem.

"I've got it." She picked up the hose before stuffing it inside the wetsuit, tying it off so no water could escape. She pointed to Alya. " go to the Tap, turn it on at my mark. " flicking her yo-yo she wrapped it around her partners legs. "Trust me."

"What ? " Nino didn't have time to think before he was swung around in the air, next thing he knew he was flying in the air. Suddenly he found himself in the grasp of Ivan, he was sure that the suit was protecting him from being crushed.

"Catch me if you can!" Nino hardly had time to turn until he saw his partner get caught in his other hand, missing the purple object drop in the process of catching her. " Now! The tap! "

Nino watched as the new girl spun the tap, water rushing through the tube before the hand holding his partner was forced open by the wetsuit being filled with water, dropping her. Where she quickly ran towards and stomped on the object that he had dropped, breaking it.

A small innocuous butterfly flew out and away from them. Before Nino could blink Ivan's body glowed before falling apart, lumps of rock hitting the ground just as he managed to land on his feet. In the middle of the rubble was Ivan, looking confused and disoriented.

He looked up, seeing that he was, in fact, not outside mr. Damocles office. "huh? Where am i?"

"That's was awesome, " Nino was slowly walking towards his partner, seeing the object that she had broken fix itself in her hand. "You did it."

" we did it, partner. " She held up her free hand in a fist and Nino was quick to understand.

"pound it!" As their fists collided he was quick to note just how much bigger his hand was to hers. His miraculous beeped again, showing just two segments remained .

"You should get going, our identities must remain a secret. "

He nodded, turned back towards the stadium entrance and was ready to run when she put a hand on his shoulder. "Wait! I never got your name."

" ugh... Carapace, call me Carapace. I'll see you next time bug. "

She rolled her eyes humoruosly. "Not too soon I hope."

Nino was quick to make a run for the stadiums exit, clapping his shield to his back he flashed one final wave back to the girls before he passed into the hallways. His Miraculous beeped again, warning him that he was on his last legs, he wouldn't have time to get past everyone outside and get far away enough to not be seen.

He ducked into the locker room, eyes scanning around quickly to make sure he was alone. Not wanting to run the risk of being seen he stepped into one of the shower cubicles, just as he shut the door his transformation gave way, leaving Nino in place of the hero Carapace.

Wayzz was spat out of the bracelet, where he hovered a little wobbly. "Did you do it? Did you stop stoneheart? "

He nodded, pushing the door open to peak out, he couldn't see cameras, really there shouldn't have been any in here to begin with. "Yeah dude, Ivan's safe."

He pulled off his hat to run his fingers through his short hair, how was he going to explain what he was doing in here still? He felt Wayzz land on his head and he paused what he was doing. "Dude?"

" put your hat on me, I can't be seen. " Nino's eyebrows rose but he conceded when he realised that there really wasn't anywhere else for him to hide. "You gonna be alright?"

" I've been in worse places. " Giving a gentle nod, to not knock Wayzz off his head, he carefully settled the hat down giving the Kwami enough space to breath and move.

He stepped out, keeping an eye out for anyone, he stepped up to the door, ready to just get back home to process his day. When he opened the door he was met with the large figure of officer Raincomprix. His arm was still put in a cast and sling but he still had that air of professionalism and authority.

"What are you doing here son? Don't you know what's going on? "

"I, uh... No sir, I've been hiding here since the noises started. I was too afraid to come out. " He saw Rogers face relax, taking on a gentler look that conveyed pity and understanding.

"Well, it's over now. " he used his good arm to gesture Nino to follow him. "Lets get out of here. " Nino followed him, seeing the exit, fortunately he was guided away by another officer before any of the news crew could get to him. After having been checked for injuries and he gave his own fake report on where he had been, he was let go.

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"So thanks to this amateur footage, the Parisians now know the identities of their heroes. Ladybug And Carapace. "

Nino was busy just by the island counter, placing multiple grapes, strawberries and Apple slices into a bowl. Wayzz had explained that after every transformation, and at meal times in general, Wayzz had to eat to recharge his energy.

otherwise He would not be able to become Carapace again but hey, if the cost of being a superhero was to feed a four inch tall being some fruit, then he was more then happy to do that. Granted Wayzz had his preferences and although he could eat anything that didn't mean Nino should disregard his diet choices just to be Carapace.

"They're so awesome!" Chris shouted as he jumped up into the couch, arms flailing like he was fighting something. Nino couldn't suppress a chuckle at watching his younger brother be excited over the hero's. One of which was him. " Do you think I'd be able to meet them Nino?"

"I don't know buddy," he walked around and sat on the sofa, using his free hand to pull Chris down so he sat down too. " They seem pretty busy, fighting supervillians and all. We wouldn't want to get in the way and get hurt would we? "

As much as Nino would have liked to let Chris meet his superhero self he was sure that would have been dangerous, he's seen enough superhero media to know that anyone connected to the hero's would be in danger. That was not something Nino wanted to cause to happen to his brother, so secrecy was a must.

"Hey, who knows. " he started, seeing Chris begin to get sad. "Maybe one day you'll meet them or better, maybe one day you'll be a hero and help them out."

" really? "

"You could dude, I think you'd be an awesome hero." He stood up, seeing that his work in cheering his brother up was done. " best to start getting your kicks practised if your going to be a hero one day. "

"Just as Paris is about to celebrate the appearance of our two new superheroes, Ladybug and Carapace, a new wave of panic is sweeping across the capital as dozens of people are mysteriously transformed into stone monsters. It's simply unbelievable."

" What! " Nino looked to the Tv seeing the short clips and images of people transforming into other stonehearts, except that they were all as still as statues.

He was quick to Move to his room, shutting the door behind him so Chris couldn't see in, just in case he saw Wayzz. "Dude, what's going on?" He Spoke in A whisper, so his voice wouldn't echo around the room. " People are turning into stoneheart statues out there. "

Wayzz regarded Nino curiously, as if thinking, while he ate from the bowl Nino had put on the desk. "Did you capture the Akuma?"

The butterfly he had seen flutter away, the one that came from Stonehearts object.

" No but what did that have to do with this? We took Ivan's power away, he shouldn't be able to do this. "

"Akuma can multiply Nino, ladybug must capture and purify them to reverse the damage. " Wayzz floated up to his eye level, giving him a serious look. "If Ivan's emotions become negative again then he'll be transformed back and he'll gain control over the other stone beings."

" Then he'll have an army, " He sat down as a heavy weight hit his chest, so much for being a good hero. "What have I done?"

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Inside the dark room of his lair, Hawkmoth extended his cane to capture the Akuma that he had called back to him. Stonehearts power, right there ready to be unleashed again once Ivan began to lose control of his emotions.

It wouldn't be long until stoneheart returned and the ladybug Miraculous became his.

For now, he had to question his Kwami on why only the earrings became active.

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tags: @death-by-ladybug, @anti-hero650, @seraphichana, @validate-me-please, @latchycat. You give are tagged cause you're the only ones who liked the teaser, so here's your fast track to seeing this.

The ladybug Redesign is based off of @lunian 's design here. https://lunian.tumblr.com/post/187946955609/me-my-salty-ass-who-is-asking-for-justice-for

My AO3 can be found here. https://archiveofourown.org/works/23843737/chapters/57301576

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